Jay-Z
“Excuse Me Miss”
The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: Little X
Jay-Z teams up with music video director Little X for the second single and music video called “Excuse Me Miss” from his seventh album “The Blueprint 2: The Gift and The Curse”. Following the previous “03′ Bonnie …

Brian Wilson’s Grammy Award winning album “SMiLE” set the bar quite high for the aging Beach Boy. Doubtless, Wilson is past his prime, is somewhat obsolete, and indeed, sometimes sounds quite tired on “SMiLE”’s follow-up album “That Lucky Old Sun”.
“That Lucky Old Sun” takes its title from the titular …

I bought this yesterday, as it was a new released album, and I love Shakira, the artiste, who is like Latin’s version of Beyonce. I bought it for about $14+, and on the cover of this album is a picture of a beautiful Shakira, carrying an infant on …

Overview - Magical Mystery Tour is an album to contain some of The Beatles’ better known songs and even one of my favorite songs of their whole career. Magical Mystery Tour incorporates the use of a lot of extra musicians to bring instruments such as violins, cellos, trumpets, flutes, …

Overview - Brave New World, Iron Maiden’s twelfth effort, is the first album with Maiden back with both Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith after being replaced by Blaze Bailey and Janick Gers for the previous two records. I have to say that it’s a nice change from the material …

Alicia Keys is without a doubt one of the most talented and successful female recording artists of this decade. She has done wonderful collaborations with other artists but shines brightly on her own as well. She has come a long way from songs like “Fallin’” on her first album, …

The Killers are still new to the music industry. The band has been extremely popular since their first album “Hot Fuss” and their guest appearance on the popular TV show “The O.C.”. The band has recently realesed their newest album “Sam’s Town”. I was so excitied to hear about …

All Hope Is Gone. This is the band’s fifth album and fourth album on Roadrunner Records, released in August of 2008 and produced by Dave Fortman and Slipknot. The band recorded the album in their home state of Iowa this time, and the album is heavier, faster, and better …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Broken-Hearted Girl”
Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce
Label: Columbia
Director: Sophie Muller
“Broken-Hearted Girl” is the seventh music video and single from Beyonce’s third album titled “I Am… Sasha Fierce”, following “If I Were A Boy”, “Single Ladies (Put a RIng On It)”, “Diva”, “Halo”, “Ego”, and “Sweet Dreams”. “Broken-Hearted Girl” …

Overview - Iron Maiden, the self titled album of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, is the band’s first effort and one of two efforts to feature singer Paul Di’Anno before being replaced by Bruce Dickinson. The main thing that I always associate Iron Maiden with is guitar …

The Bigger Picture - When Western Trap Is No More Fun
I have had an extremely pessimistic attitude towards trap music for a long time. The position on this is clear: this genre does not have a big future, it is difficult to develop, and due to the huge number …

The Fame Monster was released as a double CD, with all of the songs from The Fame on disc 1 and the new released songs exclusive to The Fame Monster on disc 2. It can definitely be seen to be a lot darker than the first album, but in …

Overview —“ Stuck With Me, the second music video released for Green Day’s album Insomniac is definitely an interesting concept for a video and I personally love the music video of this song, but I’ll explain the video itself later. The song seems to deal with feeling out of …

Backing by musicians such as Slash, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, Greg Bissonette, Simon Phillips, Sammy Davis Jr. and Lenny Castro, there is no reason for you to feel scared listening to the roar of guitars played by Steve Lukather and his friends.This album is dominated by …

If I Had is a song by Eminem which appears on his album The Slim Shady LP. Opening up with a very laidback rhythm, I should mention right away that this rhythm is basically the feel that the song maintains throughout its entire duration. Unlike many of Eminem’s later …

I thought that Doggystyle by Snoop Doggy Dogg was and still is a classic rap album. I remember in 1993 hearing about the album coming out and I just could not wait to go to my local music store to purchase it. I purchased the album on the day …

Overview —“ The ESP/LTD, V-401 is ESP’s response to all our companies putting out V shaped guitars, which is pretty much every company to be honest. Just a note, I don’t personally own this guitar but I’m currently in the market for one so I decided to play one …

My wife were watching our nightly episode of the show Destination Truth on Netflix Instant Watch last night and, when it was done, realized it wasn’t even 9 yet. Since it was too early to go to bed, we looked for something else to watch.
At first, I thought we …

R. Kelly
“Happy People”
Happy People/U Saved Me
Jive Records
“Happy People” is the first single and music video from the R. Kelly double album “Happy People/U Saved Me” whose album cover looks like something out of an H&M clothing ad, I might say. Anyway, …

I have read several reviews of this album that state that this is the long-expected come-back album by Oasis. People make claims that, after releasing numerous second-rate and pointless albums Oasis have finally recorded an album which is as good as their 1995 hit album (What’s the story) Morning …

This two-CD set is a compilation of Beatles music fron 1967-1970, 14 songs on each CD. My favorite songs on this set are Magical Mystery Tour, Back in the USSR, Penny Lane, and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Some of the songs on here, such as …

When I heard californication the album I thought it was the best that the Red hot chili peppers could do. I thought it was amazing, the songs were fantastic, beautifully played, with deep lyrics and some real insight into the band. And then By the way was released and …

Black Label Society’s Mafia was one of the best metal albums of 2005 if not the best, the album comes on strong with Fire It Up, one of the bands fiercest songs followed by the bluesy slightly mellow (in no way mellow at all) Whats In You, a short …

I love this track from Eminem. To some just a good track to listen to, for those who look deeper a real insight into Eminems life and the rap industry.
It goes into detail with regards his feud with Ja Rule that included 50 Cent and Dr Dre. You can …

I went to check out guitars since my friend suddenly has an interest in learning to play a musical instrument. Since my cousin brother is a guitar player, I asked for his advice on getting one. He recommended Ibanez AEB10E to me.
When I first …

I do really appreciate so much the album entitled ” New Season” by the Christian band Israel and the New Breed. It is a Christmas gift to me by a friend and it is indeed one of the best Christmas gift I have received. The New …

Summer time by Kenny Chesney is about how much fun summer time is. It also is about how much Kenny Chesney likes his fans because it is always summer time with them. This song is also about how there is a lot more to do in summer time …

I’m just like any other Linkin Park fan; I loved Hybrid Theory and Meteora, I had mixed feelings for Minutes To Midnight, and the other two releases — the names escape me — are forgettable, although some of their songs were catchy enough to be memorable. The Hunting Party, …

Jack Tragic & The Unfortunates were punk band from Connecticut, USA, who released full-blown, phenomenal hardcore during the time punk was on its way down. These guys were just about as obscure as they got and seemed to surface a couple years late. Their 1983 single, “I Kill Hippies”/”Mind …

This CD was recommended to me by a friend, I bought it and loved the CD, so I am writing this review in the hope that others will buy it and love it too.
First off it has to be said that there are many singer songwriters out there …

I was only ten years old when Michael Jackson’s album Off The Wall was released in 1979. I could only look on in envy as my friend’s older sister played it all the time but I could not afford it with my pocket money. Although he had …

In A Priest Driven Ambulance is the fourth studio record released by The Flaming Lips. Comprised of ten tracks and a few bonus songs, In A Priest Driven Ambulance is the band’s follow-up to Telepathic Surgery. The main difference I can say about this record and the band’s preceding …

The Black Keys are really hot right now. And I feel sorry that I happened to find out about this band only along with everybody else, during the wave, the tsunami of their breaking into the mainstream, and not earlier than that.
El Camino is a great album, and I …

Secret Window is a film based on a novel written by Stephen King and starring Johnny Depp. My girlfriend is a huge fan of Depp so I typically watch his movies with her occasionally but I have to admit that he’s never disappointed me in a role and it …

Time To Pretend is a song by MGMT which appears on their second record, Oracular Spectacular. Being one of many singles to be released off this record, I’m sure this song is familiar to just about all MGMT fans and probably most people who listen to a rock radio …

You probably know Joe Budden from his hit singles “Pump It Up” and “Calm Down” which are included in his debut self titled cd released by Def Jam Records in 2003. Since then he has released almost no new material until he released his Mood Musik 2 mixtape …

The wave of Disney stars are never very successful at crossing over to the music industry. They always try to mold themselves into triple threats when the main reason they got booked to begin with was just for acting. It has happened with Hilary Duff, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, …

Splinter is the seventh studio album by The Offspring, produced by Brendan O’brien and released in 2003, three years after the bands last album Conspiracy Of One. The album is a welcome step away from the last album, and I am really pleased to see the band’s return to …

Last Night by Az Yet is a very sexy song, but not suitable for the young to listen. How I wish that the lyrics are a bit ‘cleaner’ so I can put it on for my young nieces and nephews to hear.
The song is actually very direct …

Wedding Song is a song by Bob Dylan And The Bob which appears on their record Planet Waves. Wedding Song starts off with a very nice acoustic guitar riff which actually has a very nice sound to it and it’s a lot better than the average riffs that Dylan …

I must admit that up until somebody aimed me toward this album i had never heard of the band Black Pistol Fire, but now after spending some time with album i am happy to have found it. The closest band i can compare them to would be the White …

Don’t take Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D too seriously. If not, you will not like the music at all. Instead, if you just listen for pleasure, doing some things while listening and putting on this CD music while the guests are in your home for a birthday party …

Please Mrs. Henry is a song by Bob Dylan and The Band which appears on the album The Basement Tapes. This track opens up with a very light guitar rhythm before Dylan starts up with the vocals which are somewhat humorous throughout the track, assuming you don’t take the …

Hung Overture is a song by Sledding With Tigers and appears as the fifth track on the band’s second album, The Hill Sheep. In the previous track on the record, Ten Fourty-Five, I noted that there were several sections where the instruments were actually completely empty from the track …

Turd On The Run is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Exile On Main Street. The song starts off with a piano bit accompanied by a harmonica lead over it which gives the track somewhat of a blues sound but it also has a …

Dark Fantasy is a song by Kanye West and is the opening track to his most recent album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Opening up with a female voice and a spoken word section, the track gradually transitions into the bulk of the song with West coming in with …

When I first heard the song “Nobody Wants U” by The Dollyrots, it was only just a snippet in the background of the show Reaper. I looked all over the net and finally I found a website that had their songs up. I got to listen to …

Penny Dreadfuls is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their debut record Spirit They’ve Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished. Opening up with some background noise, a piano gradually joins the track before the vocals also come in. In strict contrast to the previous instrumental track, Untitled, the tone …

I attended the Taylor Swift concert on May 14th, 2010 at the Nassau Colesium in Long Island with my boyfriend. We bought the tickets after they were sold out from this website that basically buys and sells tickets for concerts. We ended up paying a total of like two …